Marijuana Arrests | Other Arrests | ||||||||||
Rank | Agency | Population |
Total
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Pct. of All Drug Arrests
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Poss.
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Poss. Rate
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Black Pct.
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Males Age
15 to 19 Pct. |
Other Drugs
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Violent
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Property
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81 | Abbeville Police Dept | 5,659 | 38 | 54% | 26 | 459 | 58% | 31% | 33 | 47 | 125 |
128 | Aiken County Sheriff Department | 97,333 | 127 | 38% | 122 | 125 | 43% | 16% | 208 | 143 | 625 |
52 | Aiken Police Dept | 29,256 | 222 | 74% | 204 | 697 | 56% | 26% | 79 | 45 | 399 |
136 | Anderson County Sheriff Department | 140,828 | 174 | 40% | 130 | 92 | 36% | 26% | 264 | 285 | 1,429 |
74 | Anderson Police Dept | 26,326 | 149 | 62% | 139 | 528 | 64% | 30% | 91 | 79 | 413 |
40 | Bamberg Police Dept | 3,480 | 31 | 70% | 31 | 891 | 90% | 35% | 13 | 12 | 81 |
91 | Barnwell Police Dept | 4,847 | 18 | 62% | 17 | 351 | 59% | 6% | 11 | 24 | 135 |
54 | Batesburg-Leesville Police Dept | 5,620 | 39 | 68% | 38 | 676 | 47% | 16% | 18 | 23 | 88 |
84 | Beaufort County Sheriff Office | 120,640 | 546 | 62% | 492 | 408 | 40% | 28% | 332 | 242 | 886 |
58 | Beaufort Police Dept | 11,960 | 89 | 78% | 76 | 635 | 61% | 24% | 25 | 42 | 385 |
79 | Belton City Police Dept | 4,607 | 26 | 58% | 22 | 478 | 36% | 23% | 19 | 7 | 45 |
117 | Bennetsville Police Dept | 10,898 | 34 | 43% | 23 | 211 | 70% | 22% | 46 | 56 | 163 |
90 | Berkeley County Sheriff Office | 91,860 | 388 | 60% | 327 | 356 | 40% | 31% | 264 | 219 | 944 |
39 | Bluffton Police Dept | 3,791 | 39 | 63% | 34 | 897 | 38% | 29% | 23 | 35 | 169 |
113 | Calhoun County Sheriff Department | 12,726 | 35 | 67% | 32 | 251 | 53% | 19% | 17 | 31 | 92 |
48 | Camden Police Dept | 7,071 | 64 | 66% | 53 | 750 | 60% | 23% | 33 | 63 | 177 |
53 | Cayce Police Dept | 12,659 | 91 | 68% | 87 | 687 | 39% | 29% | 43 | 28 | 124 |
100 | Central Police Dept | 4,147 | 14 | 70% | 13 | 313 | 15% | 54% | 6 | 10 | 67 |
2 | Chapin Police Dept | 698 | 28 | 74% | 28 | 4,011 | 21% | 43% | 10 | 2 | 14 |
46 | Charleston City Police Dept | 109,382 | 835 | 68% | 834 | 762 | 67% | 23% | 388 | 309 | 1,787 |
120 | Charleston County Sheriff Department | 81,017 | 195 | 45% | 159 | 196 | 52% | 28% | 243 | 350 | 853 |
43 | Cheraw City Police Dept | 5,417 | 56 | 67% | 47 | 868 | 64% | 28% | 27 | 32 | 174 |
115 | Cherokee County Sheriff Department | 39,722 | 101 | 33% | 93 | 234 | 43% | 13% | 207 | 73 | 448 |
130 | Chester County Sheriff Department | 24,064 | 38 | 34% | 30 | 125 | 30% | 43% | 74 | 48 | 195 |
35 | Chester Police Dept | 6,074 | 64 | 72% | 60 | 988 | 67% | 22% | 25 | 41 | 94 |
65 | Chesterfield County Sheriff Office | 33,645 | 207 | 61% | 193 | 574 | 41% | 17% | 133 | 36 | 225 |
98 | Clarendon County Sheriff Department | 27,983 | 110 | 61% | 89 | 318 | 58% | 19% | 69 | 53 | 135 |
87 | Clinton Town Police Dept | 9,018 | 39 | 29% | 35 | 388 | 71% | 26% | 94 | 22 | 86 |
32 | Clover Police Dept | 4,493 | 52 | 73% | 46 | 1,024 | 20% | 28% | 19 | 36 | 37 |
114 | Colleton County Sheriff Department | 32,975 | 86 | 65% | 80 | 243 | 60% | 19% | 46 | 60 | 149 |
127 | Columbia Police Dept | 120,549 | 194 | 60% | 159 | 132 | 81% | 28% | 130 | 135 | 415 |
55 | Conway Police Dept | 14,285 | 98 | 58% | 96 | 672 | 47% | 22% | 71 | 72 | 577 |
51 | Cowpens Police Dept | 2,364 | 23 | 82% | 17 | 719 | 41% | 18% | 5 | 0 | 15 |
116 | Darlington County Sheriff Office | 52,511 | 136 | 37% | 122 | 232 | 66% | 20% | 227 | 124 | 434 |
21 | Darlington Police Dept | 6,525 | 99 | 58% | 89 | 1,364 | 66% | 26% | 73 | 62 | 247 |
135 | Dillon County Sheriff Office | 22,641 | 34 | 45% | 24 | 106 | 42% | 46% | 42 | 72 | 133 |
57 | Dillon Town Police Dept | 6,382 | 41 | 66% | 41 | 642 | 51% | 24% | 21 | 53 | 186 |
107 | Dorchester County Sheriff Department | 72,082 | 250 | 74% | 212 | 294 | 40% | 28% | 90 | 108 | 386 |
9 | Duncan Police Dept | 3,020 | 79 | 90% | 76 | 2,517 | 66% | 22% | 9 | 11 | 67 |
71 | Easley Police Dept | 19,372 | 112 | 53% | 105 | 542 | 14% | 27% | 100 | 44 | 278 |
1 | Eautawville Police Dept | 329 | 43 | 74% | 33 | 10,030 | 70% | 21% | 15 | 0 | 2 |
125 | Edgefield County Sheriff Department | 18,569 | 52 | 56% | 33 | 178 | 58% | 15% | 41 | 11 | 85 |
108 | Edgefield Police Dept | 4,529 | 17 | 74% | 13 | 287 | 85% | 23% | 6 | 5 | 22 |
24 | Elgin | 1,080 | 19 | 73% | 14 | 1,296 | 14% | 36% | 7 | 1 | 39 |
101 | Fairfield County Sheriff Department | 20,435 | 66 | 48% | 64 | 313 | 67% | 19% | 71 | 78 | 196 |
69 | Florence County Sheriff Office | 88,597 | 514 | 61% | 491 | 554 | 66% | 20% | 327 | 118 | 477 |
61 | Florence Police Dept | 31,377 | 208 | 52% | 194 | 618 | 71% | 22% | 190 | 162 | 792 |
4 | Folly Beach Public Safety | 2,339 | 83 | 80% | 82 | 3,506 | 6% | 26% | 21 | 1 | 44 |
105 | Forest Acres Police Dept | 9,818 | 32 | 82% | 29 | 295 | 59% | 41% | 7 | 21 | 160 |
36 | Fountain Inn Police Dept | 7,261 | 71 | 63% | 70 | 964 | 41% | 24% | 41 | 28 | 123 |
63 | Gaffney Police Dept | 12,945 | 77 | 60% | 77 | 595 | 55% | 30% | 51 | 43 | 226 |
123 | Georgetown County Sheriff Office | 50,353 | 108 | 46% | 93 | 185 | 44% | 22% | 128 | 141 | 646 |
47 | Georgetown Police Dept | 8,668 | 65 | 58% | 65 | 750 | 60% | 26% | 48 | 69 | 373 |
96 | Goose Creek Police Dept | 32,139 | 117 | 71% | 106 | 330 | 39% | 36% | 47 | 46 | 428 |
42 | Great Falls Police Dept | 2,052 | 22 | 81% | 18 | 877 | 67% | 33% | 5 | 4 | 24 |
121 | Greenville County Sheriff Office | 307,633 | 634 | 45% | 577 | 188 | 49% | 26% | 761 | 802 | 2,950 |
83 | Greenville Police Dept | 57,595 | 262 | 54% | 246 | 427 | 56% | 20% | 227 | 223 | 1,230 |
118 | Greenwood County Sheriff Office | 42,951 | 96 | 54% | 89 | 207 | 45% | 13% | 82 | 136 | 393 |
72 | Greenwood Police Dept | 22,428 | 122 | 41% | 121 | 540 | 64% | 18% | 175 | 143 | 738 |
102 | Greer Police Dept | 23,224 | 81 | 41% | 71 | 306 | 24% | 41% | 116 | 40 | 323 |
97 | Hampton County Sheriff Department | 13,001 | 44 | 46% | 42 | 323 | 81% | 14% | 51 | 35 | 43 |
34 | Hampton Police Dept | 2,780 | 29 | 88% | 28 | 1,007 | 68% | 32% | 4 | 5 | 52 |
70 | Hanahan Police Dept | 13,983 | 76 | 54% | 76 | 544 | 41% | 34% | 66 | 39 | 265 |
17 | Hartsville Police Dept | 7,460 | 130 | 76% | 119 | 1,595 | 43% | 41% | 42 | 55 | 360 |
80 | Honea Path Police Dept | 3,628 | 17 | 40% | 17 | 469 | 59% | 6% | 25 | 10 | 91 |
122 | Horry County Police Department | 179,873 | 354 | 53% | 337 | 187 | 24% | 31% | 309 | 575 | 2,360 |
12 | Inman Police Dept | 1,942 | 42 | 59% | 40 | 2,060 | 30% | 30% | 29 | 7 | 36 |
75 | Irmo Police Dept | 11,364 | 68 | 80% | 57 | 502 | 47% | 37% | 17 | 9 | 68 |
23 | Isle Of Palms Police Dept | 4,653 | 63 | 78% | 62 | 1,332 | 15% | 21% | 18 | 2 | 34 |
93 | Jasper County Sheriff Department | 17,676 | 61 | 48% | 61 | 345 | 36% | 21% | 65 | 25 | 129 |
27 | Johnsonville Police Dept | 1,461 | 17 | 41% | 17 | 1,164 | 71% | 41% | 24 | 1 | 56 |
126 | Kershaw County Sheriff Department | 50,212 | 85 | 61% | 77 | 153 | 44% | 16% | 55 | 37 | 181 |
29 | Kingstree Police Dept | 3,317 | 36 | 78% | 36 | 1,085 | 92% | 28% | 10 | 10 | 74 |
41 | Lake City Police Dept | 6,693 | 64 | 68% | 59 | 882 | 80% | 37% | 30 | 46 | 201 |
7 | Lakeview Police Dept | 789 | 23 | 88% | 23 | 2,915 | 39% | 30% | 3 | 4 | 17 |
111 | Lancaster County Sheriff Office | 56,157 | 161 | 58% | 151 | 269 | 36% | 30% | 117 | 100 | 655 |
45 | Lancaster Police Dept | 8,393 | 73 | 53% | 66 | 786 | 80% | 30% | 64 | 54 | 274 |
59 | Landrum Police Dept | 2,554 | 16 | 64% | 16 | 626 | 0% | 44% | 9 | 3 | 30 |
3 | Latta Police Dept | 1,501 | 59 | 73% | 55 | 3,664 | 38% | 7% | 22 | 26 | 28 |
139 | Laurens County Sheriff Office | 50,575 | 53 | 35% | 37 | 73 | 43% | 16% | 97 | 118 | 455 |
106 | Laurens Police Dept | 9,841 | 34 | 52% | 29 | 295 | 62% | 21% | 32 | 61 | 198 |
137 | Lee County Sheriff Department | 16,289 | 20 | 43% | 14 | 86 | 100% | 21% | 26 | 27 | 86 |
133 | Lexington County Sheriff Department | 184,284 | 235 | 62% | 200 | 109 | 31% | 24% | 147 | 108 | 756 |
38 | Lexington Police Dept | 14,715 | 143 | 76% | 134 | 911 | 31% | 38% | 46 | 19 | 165 |
19 | Lyman Police Dept | 2,812 | 39 | 65% | 39 | 1,387 | 28% | 36% | 21 | 8 | 61 |
92 | Manning Town Police Dept | 4,016 | 23 | 59% | 14 | 349 | 79% | 29% | 16 | 15 | 80 |
132 | Marion County Sheriff Department | 22,724 | 28 | 55% | 25 | 110 | 76% | 28% | 23 | 57 | 183 |
11 | Marion Police Dept | 6,949 | 172 | 78% | 167 | 2,403 | 56% | 26% | 48 | 39 | 199 |
67 | Mauldin Police Dept | 20,494 | 125 | 71% | 115 | 561 | 22% | 44% | 50 | 52 | 255 |
15 | Mcbee Police Dept | 713 | 15 | 94% | 13 | 1,823 | 0% | 54% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
66 | Moncks Corner Police Dept | 6,645 | 40 | 82% | 38 | 572 | 45% | 34% | 9 | 19 | 249 |
94 | Mount Pleasant Police Dept | 60,746 | 221 | 74% | 205 | 337 | 21% | 40% | 79 | 122 | 473 |
110 | Mullins Town Police Dept | 4,820 | 13 | 76% | 13 | 270 | 92% | 8% | 4 | 10 | 56 |
14 | Myrtle Beach Police Dept | 29,361 | 620 | 62% | 559 | 1,904 | 38% | 24% | 385 | 216 | 1,747 |
99 | Newberry County Sheriff Office | 24,828 | 80 | 61% | 78 | 314 | 59% | 29% | 51 | 45 | 275 |
30 | Newberry Police Dept | 10,927 | 128 | 63% | 118 | 1,080 | 73% | 26% | 75 | 44 | 226 |
85 | North Augusta City Police Dept | 20,270 | 88 | 55% | 82 | 405 | 38% | 24% | 71 | 21 | 377 |
28 | North Charleston Police Dept | 88,431 | 1,029 | 51% | 991 | 1,121 | 69% | 25% | 989 | 455 | 2,170 |
37 | North Myrtle Beach Police Dept | 15,577 | 146 | 82% | 146 | 937 | 14% | 36% | 33 | 45 | 468 |
10 | North Town Police Dept | 778 | 21 | 64% | 19 | 2,442 | 58% | 5% | 12 | 4 | 8 |
134 | Oconee County Sheriff Department | 57,272 | 70 | 44% | 62 | 108 | 16% | 32% | 90 | 61 | 301 |
131 | Orangeburg County Sheriff Department | 70,815 | 89 | 55% | 78 | 110 | 74% | 35% | 73 | 103 | 490 |
56 | Orangeburg Dept Of Public Safety | 13,674 | 98 | 59% | 91 | 666 | 74% | 19% | 67 | 40 | 407 |
22 | Pageland Police Dept | 2,539 | 36 | 78% | 34 | 1,339 | 76% | 18% | 10 | 38 | 78 |
5 | Pelion | 599 | 19 | 73% | 19 | 3,172 | 11% | 37% | 7 | 2 | 17 |
31 | Pickens City Police Dept | 2,990 | 35 | 59% | 32 | 1,070 | 6% | 66% | 24 | 11 | 80 |
78 | Richland County Sheriff Department | 217,895 | 1,280 | 65% | 1,056 | 485 | 78% | 20% | 691 | 500 | 1,564 |
33 | Ridgeland Police Dept | 2,640 | 29 | 57% | 27 | 1,023 | 41% | 22% | 22 | 6 | 39 |
60 | Rock Hill Police Dept | 63,388 | 406 | 64% | 394 | 622 | 56% | 30% | 224 | 327 | 1,136 |
86 | Saluda County Sheriff Department | 15,730 | 64 | 62% | 62 | 394 | 34% | 34% | 39 | 14 | 66 |
73 | Saluda Town Police Dept | 2,979 | 16 | 76% | 16 | 537 | 69% | 6% | 5 | 22 | 35 |
104 | Seneca Police Dept | 8,076 | 31 | 40% | 24 | 297 | 50% | 29% | 46 | 22 | 140 |
124 | Simpsonville Police Dept | 16,211 | 30 | 55% | 29 | 179 | 34% | 41% | 25 | 91 | 243 |
20 | South Congaree Police Dept | 2,413 | 78 | 75% | 33 | 1,368 | 24% | 18% | 26 | 3 | 30 |
138 | Spartanburg County Sheriff Office | 205,672 | 185 | 29% | 163 | 79 | 56% | 15% | 444 | 360 | 1,584 |
77 | Spartanburg Public Safety Dept | 38,388 | 200 | 60% | 188 | 490 | 80% | 26% | 133 | 202 | 1,016 |
44 | Springdale Town Police Dept | 2,956 | 24 | 50% | 24 | 812 | 17% | 25% | 24 | 2 | 20 |
82 | Summerville Police Dept | 43,985 | 214 | 56% | 198 | 450 | 35% | 35% | 167 | 55 | 393 |
129 | Sumter County Sheriff Department | 66,414 | 104 | 53% | 83 | 125 | 76% | 20% | 93 | 209 | 221 |
103 | Sumter Police Dept | 38,955 | 134 | 53% | 118 | 303 | 82% | 35% | 120 | 144 | 758 |
49 | Surfside Beach Police Dept | 4,846 | 37 | 61% | 35 | 722 | 17% | 29% | 24 | 12 | 84 |
6 | Swansea | 784 | 27 | 77% | 23 | 2,934 | 39% | 17% | 8 | 5 | 9 |
64 | Timmonsville Police Dept | 2,384 | 14 | 50% | 14 | 587 | 50% | 0% | 14 | 14 | 38 |
109 | Town Of Fort Mill Police Dept | 8,709 | 25 | 63% | 24 | 276 | 17% | 46% | 15 | 21 | 82 |
119 | Town Of Port Royal Police Dept | 9,959 | 22 | 85% | 20 | 201 | 50% | 30% | 4 | 8 | 73 |
18 | Travelers Rest Police Dept | 4,396 | 69 | 59% | 69 | 1,570 | 16% | 23% | 48 | 7 | 99 |
13 | Turbeville Police Dept | 721 | 14 | 74% | 14 | 1,942 | 50% | 43% | 5 | 1 | 3 |
112 | Union County Sheriff Department | 19,271 | 75 | 47% | 50 | 259 | 36% | 28% | 83 | 55 | 207 |
89 | Union Dept Of Public Safety | 8,167 | 44 | 56% | 30 | 367 | 70% | 53% | 35 | 60 | 120 |
16 | Wagener Police Dept | 878 | 17 | 81% | 15 | 1,708 | 87% | 27% | 4 | 7 | 21 |
25 | Walterboro Police Dept | 5,601 | 73 | 65% | 72 | 1,285 | 68% | 33% | 40 | 46 | 152 |
50 | Ware Shoals Police Dept | 2,359 | 19 | 45% | 17 | 721 | 41% | 18% | 23 | 8 | 29 |
62 | Wellford Police Dept | 2,315 | 15 | 48% | 14 | 605 | 50% | 57% | 16 | 12 | 32 |
88 | West Columbia Police Dept | 13,729 | 89 | 47% | 52 | 379 | 46% | 13% | 100 | 49 | 324 |
26 | Whitmire Police Dept | 1,543 | 19 | 58% | 19 | 1,231 | 42% | 11% | 14 | 2 | 22 |
95 | Williamston Police Dept | 3,914 | 13 | 38% | 13 | 332 | 8% | 46% | 21 | 8 | 80 |
8 | Yemassee Police Dept | 857 | 25 | 76% | 24 | 2,800 | 58% | 21% | 8 | 1 | 5 |
76 | York County Sheriff Department | 117,499 | 646 | 53% | 576 | 490 | 31% | 23% | 562 | 206 | 884 |
68 | York Police Dept | 7,537 | 44 | 75% | 42 | 557 | 29% | 40% | 15 | 51 | 215 |
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Notes:
For financial and other reasons some local police agencies are not able to report arrest data to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Of the agencies reporting data to the UCR program, these are the top 139 agencies that report the most arrests for marijuana possession in this state. The table above ranks the reporting agencies with the most marijuana arrests by the arrest rate for marijuana possession.
The population listing in the table refers to the coverage population of the local police agency. University police stations, many divisions of the state police (SP), and some other agencies do not have applicable coverage populations that are reported along with arrest data reported to the UCR program. Consequently arrest rates per 100,000 population can not be calculated and reported for these agencies and they are not included in the above rankings.
Other drug crimes refers to drug-related offenses that to no include marijuana. These include sales and possession offenses involving the following catefories of drugs:
Opiates/Cocaine: This category includes opium, cocaine, and their derivatives. Opiate derivatives include, for example, morphine, heroin, and codeine. Cocaine derivative include crack cocaine.
Synthetic Narcotics: This category includes manufactured narcotics and includes, for example, Demerol , methadone, and Oxycontin.
Other Drugs: This category includes dangerous non-narcotic drugs and includes, for example, barbiturates, benzedrine, LSD, methamphetamine, and PCP.
Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, motor-vehicle theft, and arson.
Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data